Sinopsis

The first question friends will naturally ask is, how I came to think of going
abroad to take part in the struggle between and , what
prompted me to do so, and by what combination of circumstances my
hastily arranged plans were realised.
These points I will endeavour to explain. From the outset of the war I took
a deep interest in the destinies of , and warmly sympathised with
her in her affliction. I longed earnestly to be of some service to her; indeed,
my enthusiasm was so great at the time that I would even have fought for
her could I have done so. I was then studying medicine in Dublin, and was
in my twenty-first year. Just about the time of the battles o...